Zapopan climate

Name: Zapopan
Address: MX

Zapopan is warmest in May, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.6 °C. July is the wettest month (210 mm) and April the driest (4.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zapopan averages 819 mm of rain, 272 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Mexico · population 1,476,491 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month May 32 °C
Coldest month January 9.6 °C
Driest month April 4 mm
Wettest month July 210 mm
Least cloud March 29 % cloud
Hottest on record June 38 °C
Coldest on record December -0.3 °C

What to expectZapopan through the year

Zapopan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 32 °C in May, a swing of 7.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 272 days a year reach 25 °C, 73 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 210 mm against 4 mm in April — 48 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.0 °C	18 mm	39 %
February	26.2 °C	14 mm	33 %
March	28.8 °C	7 mm	29 %
April	31.2 °C	4 mm	36 %
May	32.3 °C	13 mm	34 %
June	29.6 °C	126 mm	61 %
July	26.3 °C	210 mm	76 %
August	26.3 °C	189 mm	75 %
September	25.6 °C	159 mm	76 %
October	25.8 °C	58 mm	54 %
November	25.3 °C	14 mm	36 %
December	24.2 °C	8 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.0 °C	9.6 °C	16.6 °C	28.8 °C	1.7 °C	10	0
February	26.2 °C	10.9 °C	18.2 °C	33.3 °C	2.3 °C	20	1
March	28.8 °C	12.7 °C	20.4 °C	35.0 °C	2.1 °C	29	9
April	31.2 °C	14.8 °C	22.6 °C	35.2 °C	7.6 °C	30	23
May	32.3 °C	16.8 °C	24.0 °C	37.1 °C	10.7 °C	31	27
June	29.6 °C	17.9 °C	22.8 °C	37.7 °C	14.5 °C	29	12
July	26.3 °C	16.8 °C	20.7 °C	31.7 °C	13.3 °C	26	0
August	26.3 °C	16.8 °C	20.7 °C	31.7 °C	13.1 °C	26	0
September	25.6 °C	16.5 °C	20.3 °C	30.3 °C	10.2 °C	22	0
October	25.8 °C	14.8 °C	19.8 °C	31.5 °C	6.3 °C	21	0
November	25.3 °C	12.1 °C	18.5 °C	30.6 °C	3.4 °C	17	0
December	24.2 °C	10.3 °C	17.2 °C	29.4 °C	-0.3 °C	11	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	18 mm	2	11 h/day	39 %	49 %	11 km/h
February	14 mm	2	11 h/day	33 %	47 %	12 km/h
March	7 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	39 %	15 km/h
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	36 %	36 %	16 km/h
May	13 mm	3	13 h/day	34 %	41 %	16 km/h
June	126 mm	17	13 h/day	61 %	65 %	13 km/h
July	210 mm	25	13 h/day	76 %	78 %	9.8 km/h
August	189 mm	24	13 h/day	75 %	79 %	9.8 km/h
September	159 mm	21	12 h/day	76 %	78 %	10 km/h
October	58 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	69 %	11 km/h
November	14 mm	3	11 h/day	36 %	57 %	10 km/h
December	8 mm	1	11 h/day	40 %	52 %	10 km/h

How Zapopan compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Zapopan	32 °C	9.6 °C	819 mm	272
Guadalajara · Mexico	32 °C	10 °C	783 mm	272
Tlaquepaque · Mexico	32 °C	11 °C	776 mm	252
Tonalá · Mexico	31 °C	10 °C	660 mm	213
Zamora de Hidalgo · Mexico	32 °C	9.1 °C	1,105 mm	269
Aguascalientes · Mexico	30 °C	7.1 °C	493 mm	188

Where Zapopan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in March	12thof 50	6.6 mm
The warmest places in North America in May	28thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in April	37thof 50	31 °C
The driest places in North America in May	38thof 50	13 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Zapopan.

QuestionsCommon questions about Zapopan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zapopan?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zapopan get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 73 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zapopan?

July, averaging 210 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is April with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 819 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Zapopan rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.